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Carrie Mobley launches an approach shot on hole number five as teammate Martin Beauprez looks on. (Courtesy photo/Morgan County REA)

Golfers from seven states participated in the Morgan County Rural Electrical Association (MCREA) annual Invitational Golf Tournament held Aug. 3 and 4 at the Quail Dunes Golf Course in Fort Morgan.One hundred thirty six golfers participated in this year’s tournament, which is in its twelfth year, according to MCREA Director of external affairs Dave Henderson. He said the golf tournament is by invitation only and has become well known throughout the region and now has a waiting list of interested participants.For the first time in tournament history, a hole-in-one was registered by a competitor. Mike Wales rolled in his tee shot on the eighth hole, and by doing so won a trip to Las Vegas.

The Touchstone Energy hot air balloon made an appearance at the MCREA Invitational golf tournament on Saturday morning. (Courtesy photo/Morgan County REA)

The hole-in-one prize was sponsored by Geoff Taylor and Taylor Insurance Agency. The Touchstone Energy hot-air balloon was on hand for the tournament, resting on the number one fairway prior to play on Saturday morning. The award-winning balloon team tours the nation and makes appearances at various events on behalf of Touchstone Energy, the national electric cooperative’s marketing brand.The four-person scramble drew 34 teams – 136 golfers – from all over Colorado and several other states to compete in the two day event. The invitational tournament is an A-B-C-D format and utilizes a Stableford scoring system that awards points for holes under par and subtracts points for bogeys or worse.

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The foursome of George Mussell, Geoff Taylor, Ron Unrein and Rick Gibson garnered first place in the tournament with 47 points. With 41 points and in second place was the team of Brian Burley, David Graff, Tom Johnson and Barb Odor. The team of Kelly Siebrands, Trey Smith, Jessica Linker and Ace Ward came in third with 37 points.With 36 points and after a putt-off tie-breaker, the team of Chris Lambert, Dudley Snyder, Gary Armitage and Ralph Larson captured fourth place from the team of Brian Reynolds, Carrie Mobley, Martin Beauprez and Tim Peggram, who came in fifth.Two other teams - each with 35 points – also competed in a putt-off tiebreaker for the remaining places. The team of Steve Needens, Thor Bauer, Steve Frasier and Patty Mussman came out on top of the tie-breaker, garnering sixth place. Coming in at seventh place was Nash Bledsoe, Dominic Carpine, Al Larson and Kelly Angers. The tournament raises money for scholarships for area students to receive an MCREA Lineworkers Scholarship. Each year MCREA awards two to three $7,500 scholarships, which is contingent upon how much money is raised at the tournament.MCREA was the Brush Chamber of Commerce spotlight business of the month for July.

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